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St. Louis Construction Labor Market.

Major healthcare systems, NGA-led defense investment, and a growing life sciences corridor have pushed St. Louis’s leadership market into sustained scarcity.

St. Louis, Missouri Drivers: Healthcare (BJC, SSM), life sciences (Cortex), advanced manufacturing, defense (NGA West), logistics. Updated 2026-05-19 Vintage Q2 2026

Indicators on this dashboard are directional intelligence models — vintage-stamped, confidence-labeled, and held against the same framework across every market AlphaHire tracks. See the methodology →

Market Snapshot

St. Louis labor pressure.

Labor Pressure Score
67/100
Severe · ▲ 3 pts QoQ
Composite of demand, supply, compensation velocity, contractor growth, and time-to-fill. Directional, calibrated weekly.
Avg. Time-to-Fill (leadership) 63 days ▲ 3 days YoY Internal High confidence
Compensation Acceleration +4.8% YoY ▲ 0.7 pts Estimated Directional confidence
Active Major Projects 9 ▲ 2 QoQ Internal High confidence
Open roles vs. qualified pool
Leadership · ratio 1.8:1
Open leadership reqs 140
Qualified, reachable candidates 80
Hiring velocity
Avg. time-to-fill · 6-period trend (days)
Top hiring contractors
Anonymized cohorts
Healthcare GCsSustained PM + preconstruction hiring
Defense/federal contractorsNGA-driven leadership demand
Life sciences GCsGrowing lab + cleanroom PM demand
Contractor growth & award signals
Headcount · awards · migration
Contractor headcount growth ▲ +4% YoY
Project award activity ▲ Elevated
In-migration of talent Stable
Role scarcity heatmap
0–100 hiring difficulty by role
Healthcare PM
74
Superintendent
68
Life Sciences PM
72
Federal/Defense PM
70
Estimator
66
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